Interesting account of Zotero history. Another venerable software which passed a nice milestone.
OK, now that's a blast from the past. I liked this game.
Or why it's stupid to judge people on their non virtuous behavior while at the same time fostering the structures which ensure that virtue does not pay. So indeed, some people read the odds properly and act accordingly...
The argument presented is maybe a bit too mechanical for my taste. That said there's indeed something to be said about the decline in literacy and its consequences on our societies.
Build a good enough echo chamber and you won't know you're toast before it's too late.
Such a wonderful species we are... not. Things can get really nasty when someone starts exploiting beliefs and gains some sort of power. And then, the blame game begins. Unfortunately it regularly happens.
Don't be fooled by the click-bait title. It's a good piece looking at history and game theory. It gives some lessons about how civilizations collapse... or not.
A very uplifting essay in my opinion. Starts with a historical perspective on the webmaster role to then evolve into a manifesto about creation on the web.
OK, didn't know about this one. It was indeed ridiculous... we're really a weird species.
Wondering about the landscape of email encryption? This gives a good historical tour.
Excellent article which gives a glimpse of the Internet culture around music in the late 90s to roughly 2010. It was called piracy but clearly it was a labor of love... the movement kind of faded but artists don't see much money back. It was a fight for nothing, well at least... not to the benefit of the artists.
Interesting game. Want to make your own alternate history? Gives pause about what we assume of the past. It stays fun of course.
When you ignore history, you're bound to repeat the same mistakes. There's clearly a trend of overpromising and then failing to deliver.
Interesting look back at how our industry evolved. Quite a few events over the years.
A long but very interesting piece starting all the way from early typing on machines to more modern input systems. It's very focused on Apple machines towards the end, but there are good design lessons to draw from the long perspective.
Good summary of how the terms evolved. They are more tied to each other than most people think.
I agree with this short history tour. It's the composability which matters.
This was definitely an interesting operating system and the hardware was fun too. Of course it was lacking quite a bit in applications availability. This was likely too radical for its time and not mature enough when it needed to.
The Internet culture definitely changed at the turn of the 21st century. Before this it was a more civilized and hopeful place. I'd like to see the netizen etiquette make a strong come back.
It all changed so much! That's quite a journey for our field. Of course it's not over yet. At some point we'll be real engineers I guess. 😉